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Clint Rickards leaves court
yesterday. Photo / Getty Images The woman who has accused suspended
police Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards and two former policemen of
sexual violation today described to a court how she struggled with the three
men before they allegedly attacked her. The woman, who was 16 at the time
of the alleged assault in the 1980s, told the High Court in Rickards, Brad Shipton and Bob
Schollum have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and indecently assaulting the
girl 23 years ago in Rotorua. The woman described how she had
gone to a house where she said Shipton joked about them having sex. She
claimed Shipton said: "She's not going to go willingly." The woman, who cannot be named,
told the court: "It was just like a big joke to them. Like, oh, she's
not going to come willingly." She described struggling as she
was taken into a room at the house and claimed Shipton produced some
handcuffs and handed them to Rickards. She said:
"I couldn't tell you if it was Rickards or Mr Schollum who did the
handcuffing." Her right hand at least was handcuffed to a bedpost, she
said. The woman described "begging
and pleading" as three policemen laughed while assaulting her. The court heard yesterday that the
girl was in a consensual sexual relationship with Shipton at the time of the
alleged attack. The woman told the court the
attack ended when Schollum said: "She's had enough now." She then said the others left the
room while Schollum stayed behind, initally saying it was going to be all
right but not to tell anybody. She said he then made a threat:
"I could suffer more for it and so could my family." The trial, which is in its second
day, continues. - Additional reporting NZPA |
